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glass headlights
I was reading another post that the headlights in the UK are glass not plastic like the US market. Could the UK lens be used on the US cars or would the light pattern be off since in the UK they drive on the otherside of the road. If this would be the case, which I think it is, what other country had glass lens with the proper light pattern for the US?
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Re: glass headlights
German cars had glass lights and are LHD so if you can get some from there they will work.
Only, so far no one HAS been able to get a set from what I've seen, and IIRC it has the electric headlight adjustments, so you might need to add that stuff in to get a proper leveling done. |
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Re: glass headlights
One person on here has glass lights from UK. I forget the name off hand.
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Re: glass headlights
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Re: glass headlights
yea i prefer the glass head lights over the plasic ones. looks so much better and no polising needed
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Re: glass headlights
I've done extensive research on this subject. Unfortunately, ive misplaced all my notes, and have to do it by memory...
As far as the Dip goes, it can be set either way (so it doesnt matter if its UK or German). But different countries use different bulbs. That is also something you can rip apart though (to fit your own). Some also dont have fog lights. But that also has possibilities for retrofitting. In the end, I came to the conclusion, that if I can get glass headlights, ANYWHERE, get them. Afterwards, you can retrofit them to suit your taste, and there would be no compromise needed. A word of warning though, not all glass headlights are equal. There is a member here who bought one at a time. When he finally had a pair, one was pitted from tailgating. and the other was crystal clear. There is also a member who has the old Motorsports Silver car. That had glass headlights as well.
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Re: glass headlights
my nz new svx is glass but its not fitted with the fog lights
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Re: glass headlights
For someone interested, I have used glass headlights L&R, but I don't know how to separate them from the casing.(due to accident casing mountingpoints broken) casing also has hight adjusters, but no foglight
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